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Definition of
chancre noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
chancre
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈʃæŋkər
/
/
(
medical
)
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a sore area on the body, which is not painful, especially one on the outer sex organs, caused by disease
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